Toward the elucidation of the human language faculty based on language acquisition studies: With a focus on children's acquisition of Japanese
| Project/Area Number |
21720137
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music |
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Principal Investigator |
ISOBE Miwa Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, 言語・音声トレーニングセンター, 助教 (00449018)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | 言語獲得 / 生成文法 / 言語機能 / コントロール / 空代名詞 / PRO |
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| Research Abstract |
Mastery of control has been one of the central issues in the study of child language acquisition since it is assumed in the study of the language faculty that the principles of control are biologically determined. This research project investigated Japanese-speaking children's knowledge of adjunct control by utilizing sentences containing two types of null subjects, PRO and null pronominal, in temporal clauses. The experiment revealed that 3 to 5-year-olds acquiring Japanese successfully identified both kinds of null subjects in the same way as an adult. This finding supports the view that the control principles are innate.
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